Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Minnesota WildMar 31, 2022

Final / OTThursday, Mar 31, 2022· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	1	2	0	1	4		PIT	9	16	7	7	39
MIN	1	1	1	0	3		MIN	14	10	5	2	31

: PIT 67MIN 65
: PIT 3.19MIN 3.84
PP goals: PIT 1MIN 1
Hits: PIT 19MIN 12
Blocks: PIT 11MIN 17
PIM: PIT 8MIN 8
: PIT 55%MIN 45%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Minnesota Wild 4–3 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota Wild 4–3 in overtime at MIN. Rickard Rakell (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MIN's first power-play unit (Brodin, Dumba, Gaudreau, Fiala and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 2:44 together.

Points
Rickard Rakell had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:46.Rakell
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:32.Malkin
Points
John Marino had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:30.Marino
Points
Matt Boldy had 2 assists (2 points) in 9:17.Boldy
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Brodin, Dumba, Gaudreau, Fiala and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 2:44 together.Brodin Dumba Gaudreau Fiala Boldy
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:54 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel
Usage
Jason Zucker (PIT) played 5:33, −9:30 down on his 15:03 season average over 40 games.Zucker
Usage
Jon Merrill (MIN) played 5:57, −11:20 down on his 17:17 season average over 68 games.Merrill

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 132 of 132 attempts · MIN 65 · PIT 67

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN pressure
PIT pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 34% of the game, MIN 41%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

MIN

PIT

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	PIT	MIN
	53	55
	1.65	2.97
	1.59	2.86
	7	8
	4	1
	12	17
	+0.070	−0.070
	34%	41%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
10:3361% CF
L2Carter – Kapanen – Rodrigues
7:1044% CF
L3Malkin – Zucker – Rakell
4:0967% CF
L4Boyle – Blueger – Heinen
3:430% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
13:5658% CF
D2Matheson – Marino
11:1754% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Friedman
9:2029% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
4:54100% CF
PP2Carter – Rakell – Matheson – Kapanen – Rodrigues
1:02100% CF
PK1FBoyle – Rust
3:08
PK2FCarter – Blueger
1:17
PK1DLetang – Ruhwedel
1:32
PK2DDumoulin – Marino
0:26

Current PIT line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
11:3070% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
11:0861% CF
L3Deslauriers – Jost – Duhaime
6:1357% CF
L4Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy
4:5244% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
12:3548% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
6:5761% CF
D3Kulikov – Merrill
3:5950% CF

PP1Brodin – Dumba – Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy
2:44100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Hartman – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
2:2675% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Fiala
3:25
PK2FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:46
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
3:34
PK2DSpurgeon – Kulikov
1:00

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:06
PITRickard Rakell (John Marino, Jason Zucker)tip-in0.09 xG
PIT: Malkin, Zucker, Rakell, Matheson, MarinoMIN: Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, Middleton, Kaprizov
PIT 1 – 0 MIN
10:51
MINMathew DumbaPP (Matt Boldy)wrist0.05 xG
PIT: Boyle, Letang, Rust, FriedmanMIN: Brodin, Dumba, Gaudreau, Fiala, Boldy
PIT 1 – 1 MIN

2nd period

1:54
PITJake GuentzelPP (Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.03 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, GuentzelMIN: Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Jost
PIT 2 – 1 MIN
9:49
PITRickard Rakell (Sidney Crosby)tip-in0.06 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Zucker, RakellMIN: Brodin, Dumba, Fiala, Jost, Boldy
PIT 3 – 1 MIN
17:48
MINFrederick Gaudreau (Kevin Fiala, Matt Boldy)slap0.11 xG
PIT: Carter, Matheson, Kapanen, Marino, RodriguesMIN: Brodin, Dumba, Gaudreau, Fiala, Boldy
PIT 3 – 2 MIN

3rd period

1:02
MINKirill Kaprizov (Ryan Hartman, Jared Spurgeon)snap0.20 xG
PIT: Malkin, Rakell, Matheson, Blueger, RuhwedelMIN: Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, Middleton, Kaprizov
PIT 3 – 3 MIN

OT period

3:57
PITEvgeni Malkin (Bryan Rust, John Marino)wrist0.53 xG
PIT: Malkin, Rust, MarinoMIN: Kulikov, Zuccarello, Hartman
PIT 4 – 3 MIN

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	1	1	0	23:08	—	—	55	39
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	0	8	0.64	2	0	0	22:11	—	—	60	53
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.18	1	1	0	21:52	—	—	56	42
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.12	2	0	2	18:48	—	—	45	24
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:24	—	—	55	23
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	0	0	2	12:05	—	—	54	34
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	1	1	2	+1	6	1.29	0	0	0	21:32	—	—	54	47
Rickard Rakell R	L3	2	0	2	+1	2	0.14	0	3	0	15:46	—	—	48	49
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	1	0	0	5:33	—	—	40	49
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:02	—	—	50	23
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:49	—	—	39	22
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:58	—	—	0	0
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	4	1	2	28:30	—	—	55	39
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	21:34	—	—	55	42
John Marino D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.02	0	0	0	18:30	—	—	50	36
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.16	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	53	41
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	2	0	17:11	—	—	36	19
Mark Friedman D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:28	—	—	30	19

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	3.84	63:52

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	2	0	20:11	—	—	57	59
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	0	0	15:57	—	—	55	59
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	1	0	15:35	—	—	64	69
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.86	0	1	0	21:01	—	—	58	72
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	0	2	18:44	—	—	47	57
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.03	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	53	61
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	11:35	—	—	29	57
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.44	2	1	4	7:26	—	—	58	96
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	1	0	6:53	—	—	50	87
Kevin Fiala L	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.50	2	1	0	19:05	—	—	43	49
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.40	0	0	0	18:41	—	—	45	74
Matt Boldy L	L4	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:17	—	—	36	58
Mathew Dumba D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.50	1	2	0	28:15	—	—	42	58
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	2	0	26:50	—	—	50	67
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	21:08	—	—	68	70
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	3	0	17:39	—	—	41	76
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	2	21:39	—	—	55	52
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	5:57	—	—	60	67

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	O	39	35	4	.897	3.19	63:55

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.